One in every three women in India have faced some form of sexual or physical abuse and ‘When I Hit You’ is one of those innumerable stories penned by Meena Kandasamy. Published in 2017, the book left people curious enough to want to find out for themselves whether the story would live up to its shocking title.

The seven hours that most children up to the age of 16 spend in school usually shape who they are or makes up a part of their identity going forward in their adult life. Teachers are supposed to be considered in loco parentis and for the most part this is true.

The United States today has a larger immigrant population than any other country in the world. Immigrants and their U.S. born children make up 28% of the overall U.S. population according to the 2018 Current Population Survey (CPS) and this number is only trending upwards for the next decade.

It’s just a dress, just a skirt, just clothes. I could talk about what the qipao/cheongsam means to our culture, I could talk about the importance of our silk. You could argue that it’s just a piece of clothing, that it’s made from a synthetic fabric inspired by Chinese silk, and that you just thought it was pretty. It has nothing to do with cultural appropriation. But it’s more than that.

With a plethora of significant and influential women whose voices are never heard, I’m here to shed a small amount of light to reveal two wonderful yet unknown women from where I’m from, Turkey. At this present day, where the Western ideals and culture has spread more than ever, representation is crucial. I’m here to shed some light on a rather more unknown area of Asia, Turkey.

The word Uyghur was always met with a blank face. Every Uyghur person growing up in the West can attest to their little speech for the inevitable “where are you from?” question. Some skip it altogether and say they are Turkish, or Uzbek, or even Chinese.